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The tale of the Dead Woman's Crossing haunted bridge near Weatherford, Oklahoma grew from a horrific, unsolved murder.

If you thought the legend and scary tales of 'Cry Baby Bridge' were disturbing this century-plus old bridge named 'Dead Woman's Crossing' in N.W. Oklahoma is the stuff of pure nightmares! Unlike all the other haunted bridges in the state, the horrific story and history of 'Dead Woman's Crossing' is actually true and absolutely terrifying!

If you thought the legend and scary tales of 'Cry Baby Bridge' were disturbing this century-plus old bridge named 'Dead Woman's Crossing' in N.W. Oklahoma is the stuff of pure nightmares! Unlike all the other haunted bridges in the state, the horrific story and history of 'Dead Woman's Crossing' is actually true and absolutely terrifying!

By Edwyna Synar Dec 23, 2020 On a map of western Oklahoma, you will find Dead Woman’s Crossing near Weatherford. The mystery of what happened to Katie James here in 1905 has become local legend. On July 7, 29-year-old schoolteacher Katie DeWitt James left her abusive husband Martin Luther James and boarded a train with her 13-month-old baby Lulu in Custer City bound for Weatherford and then Ripley to stay with relatives. As the train departed, Katie waved to her father, Henry DeWitt, unaware she would never see him again. At a stop in Clinton, local prostitute Fanny Norton befriended Kat...